Monday, October 5th, 2009 Canada's Engagement in the Western Balkans

DateTimeLocation
Monday, October 5, 200910:00AM - 11:30AMSeminar Room 108N, Munk Centre For International Studies
1 Devonshire Place

Description

John Morrison joined the Department of External Affairs in 1985 and served abroad as third secretary at the High Commission for Canada in Kuala Lumpur; second secretary (political affairs) in Beijing; program manager (political, economic and public affairs), at the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei; counsellor (economic) in Tokyo; and minister counsellor and deputy head of mission in Moscow.

At Headquarters, he has occupied a number of positions, notably director of the Eastern Europe and Balkans Division, and of the China and Mongolia Division. From 1999 to 2000, he was a foreign policy advisor in the Privy Council Office’s Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat.

In 2008, he was named Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Montenegro and to the Republic of Macedonia.

Ambassador Morrison is holds degrees from McGill (BA) and Cambridge Universities (MA).


Speakers

Ambassador John Morrison
Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Serbia, Republic of Macedonia, and Republic of Montenegro


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